From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernd Zeimetz Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:05:55 +0000 Subject: Re: Fix for sparc64 cpu hangs. Message-Id: <476006E3.9030901@bzed.de> List-Id: References: <20071106.203433.144763156.davem@davemloft.net> In-Reply-To: <20071106.203433.144763156.davem@davemloft.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: sparclinux@vger.kernel.org > I shoule be easily fixed using the patch below. It records which bits > we should actually be concerned about, and only tests those specific > bits in the dispatch status register. > > Could you please give this patch a test? Tested - the patch seems to fix the problem as the machine is still alive and working well after several hours of running the buggy aptitude -u in a loop. I'll leave the kernel running and make sure the machine gets some more users and load during the next days. Thanks for the fix, Bernd -- Bernd Zeimetz